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Where does “golondrino” come from?

golondrino (Old Spanish) comes from Old Spanish golondrina, from Latin hirundinem, from Latin hirundo — swallow; flying fish.

golondrino (Old Spanish): The chick or young of a barn swallow

Definitions

  1. The chick or young of a barn swallow

Ancestry of “golondrino”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishgolondrinaswallow
2Latinhirundinemaccusative singular of hirundō
3Latinhirundoswallow; flying fish
Every word from Latin hirundo →